During its 51st flight, NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter snapped a striking shot of Mars, showing an apparent blue sky -- a far cry from the typical dusty, dull sky seen from Mars' surface -- and captured a special guest in the frame, the Mars Perseverance rover.
NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover has spotted something unexpected: a piece of the thermal blanket that the rover's team believes may have come off its rocket-powered jet pack when it made its descent to the Red Planet last year.
NASA's Mars helicopter drone Ingenuity has set a new record as it flew farther and faster than ever before and was captured by the aircraft's navigation camera.
The Mars helicopter drone Ingenuity has captured aerial photos of some of the used Perseverance landing gear. NASA says this detailed aerial perspective could provide valuable insights for future missions.
The Mars Perseverance Rover has been hard at work on the Red Planet since it landed earlier this year. In addition to capturing physical samples, it has also been regularly snapping photos and NASA has shared its most liked images from the last year.
Back in April, the Mars Perseverance rover shared a selfie that included the Ingenuity helicopter drone on the surface of the Red Planet. The space agency has now shared a video and detailed explanation of how that photo was taken, including the fact it is made up of 62 individual images.
NASA's Mars Ingenuity drone survived a close call that could have ended in disaster. During its sixth flight, a glitch in its camera image delivery pipeline caused the drone's onboard navigation system to malfunction.
NASA's Ingenuity drone, which was transported to the Martian surface attached to the Perseverance Rover, has successfully taken flight and sent back its first photos while airborne. It is the first successful flight of a controlled, powered aircraft on another planet.
While Curiosity recently shared the latest of several selfies it has captured over the years, NASA's Mars Perseverance rover was not to be outdone, and in its first-ever selfie, it decided to share the spotlight with the Ingenuity drone.